Vir Bellum: Unit Previews
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Stormrage
Ever Present Taskmaster
An efficient soldier, that one!
How bout poser? Ya gots the greens for it? I bet you could make some sweet units with it, and then you could be a man of many programs, just like Hikaro
run anim for the HIDIE Tanker, a large troop and supplies transport ship.
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/HIDIE_Tanker_run.zip
im also attaching the original Test of Time pic its based off. this is to be uesd as a heli-replacement in the mod
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/HIDIE_Tanker_run.zip
im also attaching the original Test of Time pic its based off. this is to be uesd as a heli-replacement in the mod
preview of another cool ship.
all of the model is home made. this is based entirely off of another Test of Time unit that i cant remember the name of..
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/cool_ship.zip
ref pic also attached
all of the model is home made. this is based entirely off of another Test of Time unit that i cant remember the name of..
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/cool_ship.zip
ref pic also attached
Bjornlo
Deity
The problem is these are not being presented in any format that is easy to view.
I know you are a bright guy, so I know you can sort out your palette issues if you make that your top priority.
Making more units that are difficult to preview and so on won't help you solve this fundemental issue.
I posted 3-4 different ways that I've used in your other thread. Utahjazz, Steph and others have also responded (I think Hikaro and Wyrmshadow, etc). I say you stop work on this BMP and all other pending BMPs and sort out the palettes first.
What paint program are you using? I use photoshop, but I also have paintshop (for the included Animationshop program).
When you get the speckled background in a render, you can solve it one of two ways. Fix the lighting (sometimes hard when you're new) or open the BMP in Photoshop and use the magicwand to select only the two background colors (since I've never seen it make 3) and replace them both with 255,0,255 (magenta). Then look again at the various palette methods. The think is all the suggested methods work. There are 1000's of units which show that it can be solved.
Suggested tools to consider:
If you can afford it, Photoshop. If you can't consider Paintshop. Otherwise GIMP works and is free.
If you can find just Animationshop, it is around 29.00, get it. It is very nice way to make previews. It can open FLC's (or AVIs) and save them as an animated GIF so you can get more constructive comments. Trust me, people are excited that you are making units. The lack of comments have more to do with their difficulty in evaluating the units. If you can't find animationshop seperate, it is included with PaintShop Pro (this is how I got it).
Pedit is a useful palette tool. It is free. I used it at first, but now I just use photoshop.
I know you are a bright guy, so I know you can sort out your palette issues if you make that your top priority.
Making more units that are difficult to preview and so on won't help you solve this fundemental issue.
I posted 3-4 different ways that I've used in your other thread. Utahjazz, Steph and others have also responded (I think Hikaro and Wyrmshadow, etc). I say you stop work on this BMP and all other pending BMPs and sort out the palettes first.
What paint program are you using? I use photoshop, but I also have paintshop (for the included Animationshop program).
When you get the speckled background in a render, you can solve it one of two ways. Fix the lighting (sometimes hard when you're new) or open the BMP in Photoshop and use the magicwand to select only the two background colors (since I've never seen it make 3) and replace them both with 255,0,255 (magenta). Then look again at the various palette methods. The think is all the suggested methods work. There are 1000's of units which show that it can be solved.
Suggested tools to consider:
If you can afford it, Photoshop. If you can't consider Paintshop. Otherwise GIMP works and is free.
If you can find just Animationshop, it is around 29.00, get it. It is very nice way to make previews. It can open FLC's (or AVIs) and save them as an animated GIF so you can get more constructive comments. Trust me, people are excited that you are making units. The lack of comments have more to do with their difficulty in evaluating the units. If you can't find animationshop seperate, it is included with PaintShop Pro (this is how I got it).
Pedit is a useful palette tool. It is free. I used it at first, but now I just use photoshop.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
I was chatting with him on MSN, he was going about things the wrong way. The more we'll talk the more he'll learn.
Bjornlo
Deity
Cool. I know I found your advise very helpful. Especially in how to not over work or over think things.Wyrmshadow said:
Quinzy,
There are a number of folks that use Bryce. Most of them seem pretty good at it. But none are better then Wyrmshadow. In other words, take note of his advice. You won't get any better any where else.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
I seriously need to walk you through some of the after rendering procedures.
Stormrage
Ever Present Taskmaster
Ooooh, I like the Walker! Reminds me of that one from Robocop!
DJ Bonebraker
a.k.a Laura
Errrmmm....
Since he's firing a laser, might I reccomend the following: Dont add recoil... Photons have no mass, therefore they wouldn't create any action/reaction.
Second, what for material are you using for the laser? I made a "Glowing" material for Kinboat's Gunflash (so that it looks like a flash of light), that I could make red or green and post so that you could use it for your laser.
Also, you might want to use Kinboat's Gunflash prop or a simple semi-transparent sphere (with either the original yellow or an orange version of the gunflash prop) to represent the "Halo" around the laser emitter (sorta like what you see when you shine a flashlight in a foggy area).
Since he's firing a laser, might I reccomend the following: Dont add recoil... Photons have no mass, therefore they wouldn't create any action/reaction.
Second, what for material are you using for the laser? I made a "Glowing" material for Kinboat's Gunflash (so that it looks like a flash of light), that I could make red or green and post so that you could use it for your laser.
Also, you might want to use Kinboat's Gunflash prop or a simple semi-transparent sphere (with either the original yellow or an orange version of the gunflash prop) to represent the "Halo" around the laser emitter (sorta like what you see when you shine a flashlight in a foggy area).
why didnt i think of using the gunflash prop 
i cant believe it! and about the recoil, yes i know, but i thought it'd add "character", rather than him just standing still. i might change it to a m-gun or something. this is all just experimentation really.
i cant believe it! and about the recoil, yes i know, but i thought it'd add "character", rather than him just standing still. i might change it to a m-gun or something. this is all just experimentation really.
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